find expression

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of feelings, thoughts, etc.
: to be made known : to be expressed
Her competitive spirit found expression in sports.

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And that a just society is one … in which people’s equal potential for flourishing and happiness is able to find expression. — John Blake, CNN Money, 22 Aug. 2026 The act of lamenting combined with the act of embodied listening becomes a collective experience mediated through the screen, where those experiencing grief find expression and release through togetherness with nature and with others. — Hung Duong, Artforum, 1 Jan. 2026 Four long years of struggle and sorrow, of raising children amid the constant threat of annihilation, seemed to find expression in that single moment of relief. — Literary Hub, 13 Nov. 2025 Rather, Love’s totality leaves no room for any harmful mental influence to exist and find expression in toxicity. — Jan Keeler Vincent, Christian Science Monitor, 2 May 2025 Death Takes Me, instead, suggests that personal grief and political anger can find expression, too, through ambiguity and irony—and even laughter. — Nicolás Medina Mora, The Atlantic, 13 Mar. 2025 The differences of opinion among the justices do not find expression in interpersonal friction or chilliness. — Armstrong Williams, Baltimore Sun, 11 Aug. 2024 Flannery’s infirmity, unconventional looks and take-no-prisoners nonconformity find expression in these women’s daughters. — Sheri Linden, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 Sep. 2023 Gone are the days when women could find expression, purpose or camaraderie at work or school, or even picnic in the park with friends or wander the zoo’s stone paths. — Christina Goldbaum, BostonGlobe.com, 26 Mar. 2023

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“Find expression.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/find%20expression. Accessed 1 Sep. 2026.

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